Drag toy



. 1,617,639 Feb. 15,1927. .A LHIGGINS 1 DRAG T'oY Filed May '7. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v :i rl5 l ya. 1 ,M

Patented Feb. 15, 1927e Nar a s r FF IC ALBERTI.. HIGGINS, or BAR HARBOR, ivi-AINE.

DRAG TOY.

Application led May 7, 1926. Serialv No. 107,397.

lith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the descriptioir proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention4 herein disclosed may be made' within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In theV accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings, p Figure 1 is a side elevation of the the base being shown in section.

Figure 2 is a top plan view. Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 Figure 1. Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 Figure 1. Figure 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of toy.

Figure 6 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 7 is a bottom plan view.

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Figure 8 is a section on line 8 8, Figure 5.

Referring to the figures by characters of .reference 1 designates a base adapted to rest on and to be pulled along the surface of the ground, this base being provided with f a longitudinal'slot 2 bridged by the intermediate portion of a staple 3 the ends of which are seated in the base.

Pivotally mounted on the staple 3 is the body portion 4 of the toy which can be cut out to simulate a duck or other fowl or animal, there being a recess 5 in the back portion of the bottom of this body. Journaled in this recess is an eccentric ground engaging wheels 6 held in place preferably by a transverse pin 7. The body has aforwardly extending crop 8 adjacent the top surface of the base 1 and extending up-V wardly within the body through the crop is a bore 9 the upper end of which opens into a transverse openin'g'lO. Eyes 11- in1 the form ofdisks of any suitable contour are located adjacent the ends of the openin 10 and are connected bya cross pin' 12 'om which 'projects a vstern-13.v A"Ihisfstemis adapted to work freely within the bore 9 and has its lower end mounted loosely on the base 1. Y

It will be apparent that whenV the top is pulled forwardly the wheel 6 willrotate and Vcause the body 4 to'oscillate upon its bearing 3. At the same time the crop 8 Awill move toward andY from the base 1j andV as the stem 13 and the eyes 11 do not move with the body but are supported by the base it will be obvious thata relativel movement of the body and eyes will thus be set up.

In Figures 5 to 8 inclusive a slightly modified formv of toy has been illustrated. In this form of the device the movable eyes have been eliminated and instead of painting the wings directly on the body, they have been applied thereto. Referring specifically to thesel figures the base has been indicated at 14 and has a slot 15 the ends of which diverge upwardly. The lower portion of the body 16 is mounted in the slot and is tiltably supported by a transverse pin 17 extending through the base and across the slot. This body has a recess 1S in its bottom face in which an eccentric wheel 19 is mounted tovrotate freely. Relatively thin strips of material cut to simulate 'wings and indicated at 2() are applied in any. suitable manner to the sides of the body 16.

The parts are so proportioned that whenwill cause the face 14 to swing slightly up.-y

wardly at the back. f Thus as the rear portion of the body descends immediately following its forward tilting, the lower edges of the wings 20 will strikeupon the base and produce another quacking sound. Consequently the forward movement 'of the toy will set up a sound simulating that of the quack of a duck. I

Itmight be stated with reference to the structures shown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive that a sound is also produced in a somewhatr similar manner by the tilting ofthe body relative to the base during the forward movement of the toy,'this soundV being caused by thev impact of the relatively movable 'parts .against eachother. Y n While a .figure of a duck has been illustratedrin the drawings it .is to be understood that `simulations of otherrfovvls or animals ,can be used and the parts be caused to 0p-` verate inthe same manner heretofore described@` Y i What is claimed 1s: n

.Y drag toy including a base for :sliding engagement With a supporting surface, said base having a slot, a body pivotally mounted relative to the base and projecting into and Vabove the slot, and an eccentric ground engaging Wheel connected to the body, said Wheel constituting meansv for ytilting the Ybody baokvand forth into Contact with the base during the forward movement of the body, thereby to produce a noise.Y 

